Two Actors Playing Eight Different Roles!

Daina Michelle Griffith & Erika Cuenca - Photo by Heather Mull
Lucid!  Comedic!  Unsettling!  Riveting! Provocative!  The Zero Hour, written by Madeleine George and directed by Robyne Parrish, will fascinate you to the end.  Rebecca, a writer, and her chronically unemployed girlfriend O, struggle to overcome the building tension in their lesbian relationship.  Rebecca wants to remain closeted while O is Out.  You won’t be able to help but to become emotionally involved with the characters as these two actors seamlessly transition from one role to another, right before your very eyes.

A thoughtful play that is perfect for an intimate Pittsburgh theater experience.  Tickets on sale now.

About Erika Cuenca (Rebecca): Erika is so very happy to be back at Off The Wall, working with such an awesome group of people.  Locally, she has also worked with The Pittsburgh Playhouse Repertory Co., City Theatre, Quantum Theatre, Pittsburgh Playwrights, and Pittsburgh Irish and Classical Theatre. Erika is a graduate of The Conservatory of Performing Arts of Point Park College.

About Daina Michelle Griffith (O): Daina is grateful to be back at Off The Wall for her second production with this exciting company, having worked under the direction of Ms. Parrish earlier this year in OTW's Looking For The Pony. Most recent credits include All My Sons with The REP, Viva Los Bastarditos! with No Name Players, A Streetcar Named Desire with Bricolage-In The Raw, and John Gabriel Borkman with Quantum. She's performed with theatres across the country and in NYC, including Kansas City Starlight, Human Race Theatre, Gateway Playhouse, heXtc, NYC International Fringe Festival, among others. Locally: Pittsburgh Public Theater, Quantum Theatre, PICT, City Theatre, Bricolage, Carrnivale Theatrics, Pittsburgh CLO, Pittsburgh Musical Theater and Prime Stage. Film: The Dark Knight Rises (Foley's wife), Love and Other Drugs, Civilians. Up next: Well at Off The Wall.


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